End-attaching means for legging-laces and the like.



J. ROSENFELD.

END ATTACHING MEANS FOR LEGGING LACES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED APR-4. 1918.

1 ,%78,?52, Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

JESSE ROSENFELD, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

END-ATTACHING- MEANS FOR LEGGING-LAGES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 10, 1918,

Application filed April 4, 1918. Serial No. 226,718.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jnssn RosENFELn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful I Improvements in End-Attaching Means for Legging-Laces and the like, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to end-attaching means for legging laces and the like, and has for its primary object to provide means whereby the end of the lace may be tied and released in an easy manner.

Further advantages will be more readily understood upon reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a legging, illustrating the use of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of that part of the legging embodying the invention;

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the bifurcated hook;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the bifurcated hook; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the bifurcated hook, illustrating the manner of attaching the end of the lace thereto.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 represents a legging, which is one form now in use in the Army, having the usual lace 2. As heretofore practised, the end of the lace istied by passing it through two eyelets in the top of the legging, and then tying it in a knot. This manner has proven very impractical, as the knot has to be tied very tight to prevent it from becoming undone, consequently it incurs considerable difliculty and inconvenience to the wearer in untying the knot, especially should the lace become wet. It is proposed by the present invention to overcome the difficulties arising from the use of the old-style lace end-attaching means, by providing a bifurcated hook 3, which will take the place of one of the ordinary eyes, and which hook in its preferred form comprises a capped rivet having a shank or base i for securing the hook to the legging. The cap or top of the hook is provided with a wedge-shaped slit 5, dividing the cap into two tapered prongs, the edges of the slit converging from the perimeter toward the center, and the cap is connected to the base by a spacing offset, the walls of which are at right angles to the edges of the slit, said walls converging toward the outer edge of the offset to provide a wedge-shaped .opening to receive the lace (see Fig. 5). When it is desired to secure the lace against slipping, a half-hitch is made, in the form of a loop, which embraces one tapered prong of the cap, the free end of the lace being then drawn into the wedge-shaped space made by the offset, so that the lace is wedged in two parts of the hook, in such manner that danger of the lace becoming detached from the hook is overcome. To release the lace from the hook, the free end may be pulled in an outward direction, or toward the free end of a prong, so that the half-hitch may easily slip off.

Although the invention is illustrated and described as applied to an Army legging, it is, of course, understood that its adaptness is not solely limited to this particular use, as it may be used with the same advantageous results on other devices where it is desirable to attach the end of a string or lace in such a manner that it may be conveniently released.

Claim.

In a lacing device, a hook having a base and a cap, the cap being provided with a radially disposed wedge-shaped slit, the edges of the slit converging from the perimeter of the cap toward the center to divide the cap into two tapered prongs, an offset connecting member securing the cap to the base and having converging walls at right angles to the slit to provide a lace receiving space, and a lace which, when in lacing position, is received within the space and which has a portion of its end embracing one of the prongs in a half-hitch loop, whereby, when the free end of the lace is pulled toward the free end of the prong, the lace will be disengaged from the hook.

The foregoing specification signed at Baltimore, Md., this 30th day of March,

JESSE ROSENFELD. In presence of O. MILTON DICKERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for flve cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 

